Nees.Family: Acanthaceae.
Habitat: North-west Himalayas and Sikkim and from Bihar to central, western and southern India.
Folk: Safed Raasnaa (Bihar). Hiran-chaaro, Paniru (Gujarat).Action: Plant—bitter tonic. Used for rheumatic affections. (Raasnaa is equated with Pluchea lanceolata.)
Related species of Lepidagathis: L. cristata Willd., and L. hamiltoniana Wall. ex Nees. These are used as a bitter tonic in fevers and are applied to itchy affections of the skin. The leaves of L. incurva D. Don, synonymL. hyali- na Nees are chewed to relieve cough.
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